Did lawmakers fix Missouri’s broken system of compensating people for workplace injuries? Or did they pass a draconian change that reverted workers’ rights to the 19th century?
Those are the contradictory views the Missouri Supreme Court is considering as part of a labor-union challenge to Missouri’s 2005 workers’ compensation law.
Attorneys for the state argued to the high court that the change was merely a matter of legislative prerogative and fixed a system that had become tilted against employers.
An attorney for labor groups claimed the 2005 law leaves many injured workers without a way to obtain justice by making their cases harder to prove. Labor unions claim the new law breaks the protections given to workers in Missouri’s original 1926 law.
Topics Workers' Compensation Missouri
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